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Prince William County

Bristow, Virginia · Zip 20136, Prince William County

A four-bedroom house at a median $825,000, and hardly anyone pays cash.

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Updated October 2, 2026Bright MLS, closed January 1 to October 2, 20261

Quick answer

The median single-family home in Bristow sold for $825,000 in 2026 and went under contract in six days. It had four bedrooms and about 2,711 square feet above ground, and more than half of Bristow houses sold above the asking price.

Bristow is in western Prince William County, south of I-66 and Gainesville, with a VRE station on the Manassas Line, and much of it was built as planned subdivisions with HOA pools and trails. This page covers what a house or townhouse costs, how buyers pay, what it rents for, which high school it is zoned for, and the commute. Every number is from Bright MLS closed sales, pulled on October 2, 2026, not from a listing site's estimate.

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Six numbers that describe Bristow.

★ Closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 20261

$825KMedian single-family sale price, 149 homes sold
$570KMedian townhouse sale price, 78 homes sold
6 daysMedian days on market, houses (6.5 for townhouses)
54%Of houses sold above asking: 80 of 149
$304Median price per square foot, houses ($328 townhouses)
5%Of house buyers paid cash: 8 of 149

Bristow is an unincorporated community in Prince William County. All sales were in zip 20136. Single-family means a detached house with at least three bedrooms and two full baths; townhouse means end-of-row and interior-row homes; condos are left out of both (homes owned as condominium units, including some townhouse-style condos). Source: Bright MLS, closed sales January 1 to October 2, 2026, Postal City = Bristow, County = Prince William, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.

Why people choose Bristow

More house for the money, close to Manassas and Route 28.

A VA loan on 25 of the 149 house sales; four bedrooms and 2,711 square feet above ground for a longer drive; jobs in Manassas and along Route 28 within reach; and a 6.3% townhome yield.

Buyers choose Bristow over Gainesville for $25,000 less at the median, and over Centreville for $79,500 less and more house per dollar ($304 a foot against $379). They give up time on I-66, which the VRE at Broad Run can win back for a downtown or Pentagon job. If you are torn between Bristow and a town closer to Washington, DC, decide on the commute and the high school first; the price follows.

Prices

$825,000, the median price, buys a house of 2,711 square feet above ground in Bristow, $25,000 less than in Gainesville.

At a median $304 a square foot, a Bristow house costs less per foot than one in Gainesville ($314) or Haymarket ($326), and far less than in Centreville ($379) or on the Fairfax side of Chantilly ($424).

Houses. 149 houses sold, from $620,000 (the lowest sale) to $1,338,000 (the highest), and the median one had four bedrooms. 54% of them (80 of 149) sold above asking and 56% went under contract within a week, as busy as Centreville (54% over asking) and busier than Gainesville (37%) or Haymarket (33%). The median buyer paid 100.1% of the list price.

Townhouses. 78 sold at a median of $570,000, from $425,000 (the lowest sale) to $675,000 (the highest), at $328 a square foot. That is close to the medians in Gainesville ($585,000) and Centreville ($565,000) and well under Haymarket ($750,000). 47% sold above asking.

Against the neighbors. The chart sets Bristow against the other western Prince William postal cities and the nearest markets across the county lines, by median house price: Gainesville $850,000, Centreville $904,500, Chantilly's Fairfax side $923,650, Haymarket $992,500, Clifton $1,100,000 and Aldie in Loudoun $1,348,862. It also shows the rest of Prince William: Nokesville ($1,006,250) above Bristow, and below it Manassas ($749,900), Dumfries ($675,000), Triangle ($662,500), the independent Cities of Manassas Park ($634,900) and Manassas ($625,000), and Woodbridge ($610,000).

Median single-family sale price, Prince William and nearby, 20262

  1. Aldie (Loudoun)$1.35M
  2. Clifton (Fairfax)$1.1M
  3. Nokesville$1.01M
  4. Haymarket$993K
  5. Chantilly (Fairfax side)$924K
  6. Centreville (Fairfax)$905K
  7. Gainesville$850K
  8. Bristow$825K
  9. Manassas (county part)$750K
  10. Dumfries$675K
  11. Triangle$663K
  12. City of Manassas Park$635K
  13. City of Manassas$625K
  14. Woodbridge$610K

Aldie in Loudoun County $1,348,862; Clifton in Fairfax County $1,100,000; Nokesville $1,006,250; Haymarket $992,500; Chantilly in Fairfax County $923,650; Centreville in Fairfax County $904,500; Gainesville $850,000; Bristow $825,000; Manassas addresses in Prince William County $749,900; Dumfries $675,000; Triangle $662,500; City of Manassas Park (independent city) $634,900; City of Manassas (independent city) $625,000; Woodbridge $610,000.

Bright MLS closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026, filtered to detached houses with 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths, condos left out (homes owned as condominium units, including some townhouse-style condos). Nokesville, Haymarket, Gainesville, Bristow, Manassas (county part), Dumfries, Triangle and Woodbridge are Prince William County postal cities. The Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park are independent cities with their own governments and schools. Aldie, Clifton, Chantilly and Centreville are neighbors across the county lines. Occoquan and Dale City have too few house sales under their own names to chart; nearly all Dale City homes use Woodbridge addresses.

★ Bristow closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026 (Bright MLS)
MeasureHousesTownhouses
Homes sold14978
Median sold price$825,000$570,000
Average sold price$829,028$564,215
Median price per square foot$304$328
Median days on market (listing to contract)66.5
Median price paid as a percent of the asking price100.1%100.0%
Sold above asking80 (53.7%)37 (47.4%)
Under contract within 7 days56.4%52.6%
Lowest sale$620,000$425,000
Highest sale$1,338,000$675,000
Total dollar volume$123,525,211$44,008,793
Cash sales8 (5.4%)5 (6.4%)

No Bristow house or townhouse sold for more than 112% or less than 88% of its list price this year. The average house, $829,028, is almost the same as the median.

Bristow townhouse prices since 2019

Median
$570,000median, 2026 (78 sales)
+58%since 2019
$300K$400K$500K$600K20192020202120222023202420252026$360K$425K$570K
  • 2019: $360,000 median, 160 sales
  • 2020: $373,500 median, 194 sales
  • 2021: $424,500 median, 182 sales
  • 2022: $485,000 median, 135 sales
  • 2023: $496,000 median, 90 sales
  • 2024: $540,000 median, 78 sales
  • 2025: $552,000 median, 87 sales
  • 2026: $570,000 median, 78 sales

Median sale price of Bristow townhouses (end-of-row and interior-row, not condo-owned), January 1 to September 30 each year, 2019 to 2026. Source: Bright MLS closed sales pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah, October 2026. Single-family homes and townhouses only; no condos.

Lowest and highest sales, 2026

A guide, not a price tag. The median is the middle sale: half the homes sold for more and half for less. It gives you a feel for prices here, not the price of any one home, and you'll always find homes above and below it, like the lowest and highest sales below.

Bristow closed sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026 (Bright MLS). Single-family means 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths; condo-owned homes, including townhouses sold as condominiums, are not counted.

  • LowestCheapest single-family house$620,000lowest of 149 single-family sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
  • HighestHighest single-family house$1,338,000highest of 149 single-family sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
  • LowestCheapest townhouse$425,000lowest of 78 townhouse sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026
  • HighestHighest townhouse$675,000highest of 78 townhouse sales, January 1 to October 2, 2026

What can you afford in Bristow? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. Prince William's tax rate is lower than Fairfax County's, and most Bristow subdivisions charge HOA dues; the calculator adds them for you.

Follow the money

Only 8 of 149 Bristow house buyers paid cash, and none above $825,000.

Cash buyers spent $5.9 million of $123.5 million, 4.8% of the dollars. Their median house cost $761,250, against $830,000 for buyers with a loan, and all 75 houses at $825,000 and up were financed.

Share of sales paid in cash, houses by price and townhouses, 2026

  1. Under $775K14%5 of 35
  2. $775K to $825K8%3 of 39
  3. $825K and up0%0 of 75
  4. Townhouses6%5 of 78

Houses under $775K 14% (5 of 35); houses $775K to $825K 8% (3 of 39); houses $825K and up 0% (0 of 75); townhouses 6% (5 of 78).

Cash is rarer in Bristow than in Gainesville (15.1% of houses) or Haymarket (13.5%), and every cash house buyer bought in the cheaper half of the market. The five townhouse cash buyers paid a median of $530,888.

How 149 Bristow house purchases were paid for, 2026

149 sales: conventional 111 · VA 25 · cash 8 · FHA and other 5

Conventional loan 74%VA loan 17%Cash 5%FHA and other 3%

One house buyer in six used a VA loan (the home loan for veterans and service members), 25 of 149, a bigger share than in Haymarket (32 of 208) or Gainesville (23 of 238). Three in four used a conventional loan.

What that means if you need a loan: you are competing with other financed buyers, not with cash, and a VA offer is ordinary here. But more than half of Bristow houses sold over asking and 56% went under contract within a week, so the offer that wins is a full pre-approval, a short inspection window, and a plan, decided before the open house, for how much you'll pay in cash if the appraisal comes in below your offer.

Townhouses: 55 conventional, 10 FHA (government-backed loans with a low down payment), 5 VA, 5 cash, 2 adjustable-rate and 1 other of 78. Mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed.

The interesting facts

The median house: four bedrooms, 2,711 square feet above ground, $825,000.

Four things in the 2026 numbers that set Bristow apart.

2,711Square feet above ground in the median house, with four bedrooms
0 of 75Houses at $825,000 and up that sold for cash
1 in 6House buyers used a VA loan: 25 of 149
6.3%Gross rental yield on the median townhome

Space for the money. The median Bristow house is about 2,711 square feet above ground at $304 a foot. On the Fairfax side of Chantilly the median house costs $923,650 at $424 a foot, for about 2,300 square feet. The trade is the drive: Bristow is farther out on I-66.

Cash stays low. Bristow's 5.4% cash share for houses is lower than Springfield's (7.5%) or Herndon's (8.2%), and well under Gainesville's 15.1%. Above $825,000, every buyer used a loan.

The rental numbers. A townhome at the median price of $570,000 rents for a median $3,000 a month, a 6.3% gross yield, and a house earns 5.6%. That is why Bristow townhouses work as rentals.

Rent or buy

A Bristow townhome rents for a median $3,000 a month and sells for 15.8 years of rent.

A Bristow house rents for a median of $3,850 a month and sells for a median of $825,000, a price-to-rent ratio of 17.9; a townhome rents for $3,000 and sells for $570,000, a ratio of 15.8.1

17.9Price-to-rent ratio, house ($825,000 ÷ $46,200 a year)
15.8Price-to-rent ratio, townhouse ($570,000 ÷ $36,000 a year)
5.6%Gross rental yield, house
6.3%Gross rental yield, townhouse
★ Bristow closed leases, January 1 to October 2, 2026 (Bright MLS)
MeasureHousesTownhomes
Homes rented2357
Median monthly rent$3,850$3,000
Average monthly rent$3,839$2,967
Gross rental yield5.6%6.3%
Rent range, lowest to highest lease$2,995 to $4,700$2,300 to $3,750

Gross yield is before the mortgage, tax, HOA, insurance and upkeep. A ratio under 20 means a home sells for relatively few years of rent, so buying is good value for anyone staying five years or more; on the Fairfax side of Chantilly the house ratio is 21.2. Only 23 houses were leased, so treat the house rent as a rough guide; the townhome market, with 57 leases, is the steadier number.

Own in Bristow already? More than half of Bristow houses sold above asking this year. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the 227 sales on this page, not a website estimate.

The houses

Braemar's 2,800 homes, Victory Lakes and Lanier Farms, built from 1996 to 2008.

Bristow's best-known subdivisions went up between the late 1990s and the late 2000s, so many houses are about 18 to 30 years old, with HOA pools, trails and clubhouses.

Braemar. A planned community built from 1996 to 2008 with more than 2,800 homes, from townhouses to large single-family houses, plus walking trails and recreation centers.

Victory Lakes. Built around 2005 to 2007, much of it by Miller and Smith, around a recreational lake and a clubhouse. It is known for big four-level townhouses with detached garages.

Lanier Farms. 180 single-family homes on Devlin Road, started in 2004, with a tot lot and a basketball court.

HOAs. Braemar, Victory Lakes, Kingsbrooke and most other Bristow subdivisions have a homeowners association. Dues usually cover trash pickup, community pools, tennis courts and common areas, and they differ by section and home type.

What to check. The high school assigned to that exact street; the HOA resale package with dues and any special assessment; the age of the roof, windows and HVAC on a house from the late 1990s; what is planned on nearby open land, since parts of western Prince William have been rezoned for data centers; and concert-night traffic if the house is near Jiffy Lube Live.

A large brick-front colonial with a two-car garage at the end of a cul-de-sac, with pink azaleas, a red maple and a white dogwood.
A shingle and stone clubhouse with a white lighthouse tower across a lake with a fountain, with two people walking a lakeside path.
A row of four tall townhouses in red brick, gray and tan siding, each with its own covered front porch, front door and dormer windows, along a street with red and gold fall trees.
A curving suburban street with brick-front colonial houses and red, orange and gold street trees in late-afternoon sun.

Schools

Patriot High, US News #38 in Virginia, and two other high schools by street.

Bristow is in Prince William County Public Schools. Depending on the street, a 20136 address can be zoned for Patriot, Brentsville District or Gainesville High, so check the exact address before you fall for the house.3

A-

Patriot High School

Opened in 2011, about 2,200 students. Niche grade A-, US News #38 in Virginia and #2 in PWCS for 2026-27.

#34

Gainesville High School

US News #34 in Virginia and #1 in PWCS for 2026-27, with a 96% graduation rate and 72% of students taking AP courses. Ask whether your street feeds it.

B

Brentsville District High School

In Nokesville. Niche grade B, US News #198 in Virginia and #10 in PWCS for 2026-27.

STEM

Governor's School @ Innovation Park

On George Mason's campus in Manassas since 2010. 166 students from 15 high schools take STEM classes for college credit in the morning and return to their own high school in the afternoon.

The school on a listing is the agent's best guess; the county's boundary map is the answer. Check any address with the PWCS school locator, and ask Ahmed to confirm it before you offer.

Masjids and halal markets

Masjid

Manassas Mosque

On Center Entrance Court in Manassas, founded in 1994 as an open, non-sectarian house of worship.

Masjid

Taqwa, Dar Alnoor and ADAMS

Taqwa Islamic Center on Balls Ford Road and Dar Alnoor on Hoadly Road in Manassas. ADAMS Gainesville, the ADAMS Center branch for Gainesville, Bristow, Haymarket and Nokesville, plans a masjid on its site on Vint Hill Road in Nokesville; ask the center where Friday prayer meets now.

Halal

Gainesville Halal Market

On Lee Highway in Gainesville, with fresh halal meat, deli cuts and sweets. International Market on Heritage Village Plaza also sells halal meat.

Halal

Manassas halal markets

ZamZam Groceries on Commerce Court hand-slaughters its meat; Ghazaly Halal Food and El Wazeer Market are both on Sudley Road.

Commute

I-66, Route 28 and the VRE train at Broad Run: an hour or more to DC.

Bristow sits south of I-66, and the VRE railroad runs through it. VRE's Broad Run station on Piper Lane, at the end of the Manassas Line, is in Bristow, and the I-66 Express Lanes begin a short drive north in Gainesville.

Weekday at 8 am from central Bristow (Linton Hall Road). Drive times are estimates; the low end is a normal day, the high end a bad one.6
ToDriveRoute
Downtown DC60 to 100 minI-66 east, Express Lanes if you carpool, or the VRE
Pentagon55 to 85 minI-66 to the Beltway and I-395, or the VRE to Crystal City
Tysons45 to 75 minI-66 east to the Beltway
Reston Town Center40 to 60 minRoute 28 north to the Dulles Toll Road
Dulles Airport35 to 50 minRoute 28 north

The I-66 Express Lanes are free for carpools of three with an E-ZPass Flex; everyone else pays a toll that moves with traffic. VRE's Manassas Line runs weekday trains from Broad Run through Manassas, Burke Centre, Alexandria and Crystal City to Union Station, so a downtown or Pentagon commuter can read instead of drive. OmniRide also runs weekday commuter buses from western Prince William park-and-ride lots; check the current routes before you count on one.5 Ahmed will do the 8 am drive with you before you offer.

Daily life

A 140-acre battlefield park, a 25,000-seat amphitheater and halal markets 15 minutes away.

Outdoors and sights. Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park, off Bristow Road, keeps 140 acres of the 1863 battlefield and the Confederate camps of 1861 and 1862, with more than 2.7 miles of walking and horse trails. Jiffy Lube Live on Cellar Door Drive is Live Nation's outdoor amphitheater, with 25,262 seats, more than half of them on the lawn. The Victory Lakes lake and the Braemar trails are where neighbors walk.

Food and groceries. Bristow Center off Linton Hall Road and Devlin Road have a few local kitchens, including Peruvian chicken at Mama Llama and Persian-style plates at Chelo Kitchen. For halal meat and Middle Eastern groceries, the drive is to Lee Highway in Gainesville or Sudley Road in Manassas.

Taxes.4 Bristow is unincorporated Prince William County, with no town tax. The 2026 real estate rate is $0.865 per $100 of assessed value, down from $0.906 in 2025, plus the county's fire and rescue levy of $0.07, about $0.935 all in. That is about $7,700 a year on an $825,000 house (the median price times the rate), before HOA dues, and about $1,800 less than the same price would pay in Fairfax County. The vehicle tax rate was $3.50 per $100 in 2025, with state relief on the first $20,000 of a personal car's value.

A wooden boardwalk path through a wildflower meadow beside a split-rail fence, leading toward a line of green woods.
Beach chairs, a striped blanket and a cooler on a grassy concert lawn at sunset, with a crowd and a large roofed pavilion below.
A commuter train waiting at a frosty station platform at sunrise, with dark peaked shelters and a water tower in the distance.
A backyard kettle grill with seared burgers, spiced chicken, corn and peppers, with buns and sliced vegetables beside it.

How Bristow rates

How Bristow rates: quiet, walkable, transit and more, from 0 to 10.

Each score ranks Bristow among the 46 towns in this guide: 10 is the top of the list, 0 the bottom. It is not a national score. The real number and its source sit under each one.

Quiet6 / 10

92% of the land is under 50 dB of 24-hour road, rail and plane noise; 3% is at 60 dB or more. Check your street’s noise

US DOT National Transportation Noise Map, 2020 (road, rail and aviation)

Walkable3 / 10

7.7 of 20 on the EPA walkability index; 8 everyday shops and pharmacies mapped.

EPA National Walkability Index, version 3.0 (2021)

Transit2 / 10

0.2 bus stops within half a mile of the average home; 0% of people live within 1 mile of a Metro or VRE station.

OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026, plus Fairfax Connector, Loudoun County Transit and OmniRide schedules; homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)

Cycling6 / 10

12.4 miles of bike lanes and bike trails (0.9 per square mile); no Capital Bikeshare stations.

OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026; Capital Bikeshare station feed

Nightlife and dining2 / 10

8.4 restaurants, bars, music venues, theaters and cinemas within 1 mile of the average home (32 inside the town).

Overture Maps places, October 2026 release (open places only); homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)

Everyday shopping2 / 10

2.3 grocery stores, pharmacies, hardware and everyday shops within 1 mile of the average home; 49% of people live within 1 mile of a grocery store.

Overture Maps places, October 2026 release (open places only); homes = 2020 Census neighborhoods (block groups)

Parks1 / 10

23% of people live within half a mile of a park; 208 acres of parks and nature preserves, 2% of the land.

OpenStreetMap, map data of October 20, 2026

The area is ZIP code 20136 as the Census Bureau maps it (13.83 square miles). We rate places, never people, so there is no school, safety or “who lives here” score. Map counts are what the sources have mapped and can miss a place. Scored October 22, 2026; updated every six months.

Around Bristow

Around Bristow, by the numbers: what is inside the 13.83 square miles.

Real counts instead of star ratings. Each tile names its source and date, so you can check it.

Walking

7.7 of 20

The EPA rates Bristow below average to walk: the average of its 12 Census block groups, weighted by the 24,737 people who live in them.

EPA National Walkability Index (1 = least walkable, 20 = most), version 3.0, 2021

Bus and train

1 VRE station

No OmniRide bus route stops inside Bristow. VRE train station inside: Broad Run.

OmniRide schedule (GTFS), valid Jul 26, 2026 to Jan 30, 2027, VRE stations from OpenStreetMap

Groceries

2 grocery stores

Harris Teeter, Safeway.

OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, pulled October 21, 2026

Restaurants and cafes

23 restaurants + 1 cafe

Including Aka Sushi, Arby's, Asian Garden, Benjin's Asian Bistro, Chipotle and others.

OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, pulled October 21, 2026

Parks and trails

35.4 miles of trails and paths

31 playgrounds and 8 parks, such as Braemar Park, Bristow Community Center, Clareybrook Park, Sherwood Forest Park and Recreation Area and others. Sidewalks are not counted in the miles.

OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, pulled October 21, 2026

Schools

7 schools

Marsteller Middle School, Bristow Run Elementary School, Cedar Point Elementary School, Chris Yung Elementary School, Piney Branch Elementary School, Victory Elementary School and others.

OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, pulled October 21, 2026

The area is ZIP code 20136 as the Census Bureau maps it (13.83 square miles), so places just outside it are not counted. Map counts are what OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped and can miss a place. Pulled October 21, 2026.

Where to eat

Best restaurants in Bristow, VA: Ahmed's list (2026)

"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The Bristow list.

Updated

Up to five picks within about fifteen minutes of Bristow in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. A few are in Bristow itself, around Bristow Center and Devlin Road; most are on Lee Highway and Linton Hall Road in Gainesville and on Sudley Road and Mathis Avenue in Manassas.7

Closed, so not listed: Urban Tandoor on Linton Hall Road (Pakwaan now has the space) and Kabul Kabob on Somerset Crossing Drive in Gainesville both show as closed on Yelp in 2026. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count and whether the place is busy; the halal note comes from Zabihah, Yelp or the restaurant itself, and "ask about halal" means it could not be confirmed. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.

Questions

What people ask about Bristow.

How much does a house cost in Bristow, Virginia in 2026?

The median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) with a Bristow, VA 20136 address sold for $825,000 in 2026 through October 2, across 149 sales in Bright MLS, at $304 per square foot. The median house had four bedrooms and about 2,711 square feet above ground. Townhouses sold for a median of $570,000 across 78 sales. Condo-owned homes are not included.

What was the cheapest home sold in Bristow, Virginia in 2026?

Bright MLS closed sales from January 1 to October 2, 2026, single-family houses (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) and townhouses only, no condos:

  • Cheapest single-family house: $620,000, the lowest of 149 single-family sales
  • Cheapest townhouse: $425,000, the lowest of 78 townhouse sales
  • Highest single-family house: $1,338,000, the highest of 149 single-family sales
  • Highest townhouse: $675,000, the highest of 78 townhouse sales

Want a home near these prices? Ask Ahmed, or call or text 734.383.6945 or 703.957.0060.

Is the median price what a home in Bristow will cost?

No. The median is the middle sale of 2026, not a set price: half the single-family houses sold for more and half for less. In Bristow they sold from $620,000 to $1,338,000. Use the median to get a feel for the market, then look at homes on both sides of it.

How competitive is the Bristow housing market?

Competitive. In 2026, 54% of Bristow houses sold above the asking price, 56% went under contract within a week, and the median house took 6 days. The middle house sold for 100.1% of its asking price.

Do Bristow buyers pay cash or use VA loans?

Few pay cash. In 2026, 8 of 149 house buyers paid cash (5.4%), all of them below $825,000, and cash was 4.8% of the dollars. VA loans are common: 25 of 149 house buyers used one, about one in six, and 111 used a conventional loan.

What is rent in Bristow, Virginia?

In 2026 the median single-family house leased for $3,850 a month, from 23 leases ranging from $2,995 to $4,700. The median townhome leased for $3,000, from 57 leases ranging from $2,300 to $3,750.

Is it better to rent or buy in Bristow?

A median Bristow house sells for about 17.9 times its median yearly rent ($825,000 against $46,200) and a townhouse for 15.8 times ($570,000 against $36,000). Ratios under 20 make buying relatively good value for anyone staying five years or more, and they mean gross yields of 5.6% on houses and 6.3% on townhomes.

Which high schools serve Bristow, VA?

Bristow is in Prince William County Public Schools. Depending on the street, a 20136 address can be zoned for Patriot High (Niche A, US News #38 in Virginia), Brentsville District High (US News #198 in Virginia) or Gainesville High (US News #34 in Virginia). Check the exact address with the PWCS school locator before you offer.

How long is the commute from Bristow to DC?

At 8 am on a weekday, downtown DC is about 60 to 100 minutes by car from central Bristow on I-66, the Pentagon 55 to 85, Tysons 45 to 75, Reston Town Center 40 to 60 and Dulles Airport 35 to 50. VRE's Manassas Line starts at Broad Run station in Bristow and runs weekday trains to Crystal City and Union Station. These drive times are estimates.

What is the property tax in Bristow, Virginia?

Prince William County's 2026 real estate rate is $0.865 per $100 of assessed value, down from $0.906 in 2025, plus a fire and rescue levy of $0.07, about $7,700 a year on an $825,000 house (the median price times the rate). Bristow is unincorporated, so there is no town tax. HOA dues are extra, and the vehicle tax rate was $3.50 per $100 in 2025.

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Tell me what you are looking for in Bristow.

Buying your first townhouse, using a VA loan, or selling where more than half the houses went over asking. Send the situation and get the numbers back, in English or Arabic, not a pitch.

اقرأ هذه الصفحة كاملة بالعربية ←

وكيلك العقاري الموثوق في شمال فرجينيا.

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